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    November 17, 2008
    Above Ground Wires

    Green skyWe had a power outage on Friday night that went on for many hours. We never did hear why it happened, but I suspect it has something to do with our power lines being the way they are. This picture illustrates what a mess it is. I’ve lived in areas that had above ground wires and areas that had underground wires, and power outages were far less frequent when the wires were underground.

    My question is this: who decides how the wires will be? Is it the city, the developer, or the electric company?


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    ohh. I live in a very windy part of the country and we are just getting underground wiring now. I am very much looking forward to it, nothing like playing (working) on the computer and then there is black, urgh…

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